Loki679

His control was unreal. There was one where there was a big hoofed high ball out and he just killed it dead with his first touch. Amazing.

Wondered where that was going until the last word

That's because Diame was shite until Lascelles smacked him around a bit, though.

I like the way comments descend into a fight with a random Croatian football club

http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Heart-attack.jpg

Thank fuck for that.

Be doing Disco's head in hearing this many people cheering for Islam.

Fucking clocks changed again?

He offered two in ten. Don't make me do maths this late.

How many people actually 'hated' him though? Most of his critics, self included, would have loved to have seen him fulfil his talent, and felt very exasperated when it didn't happen. The difference is whether you see the problem as being with Ben Arfa, or with the various managers that he's fallen out with. Do you think Ben Arfa was more to 'blame' for how his Newcastle career went or Pardew? Ben Arfa has to take responsibility. His talent is obvious and I think Pardew, like a string of other managers, would have loved to have made use of it. Pardew seems to have taken a lot of the blame for demoralising Ben Arfa by dropping him. Whether or not the dropping was justified, surely the reaction of a winner in that situation is to prove the manager wrong? The problem with Ben Arfa is that the minute anything goes against him, he falls into victim mode. to be honest, there was little of that victim mentality from hatem when pardew dropped him - just sheer anger and increduilty from both him and the fans. his passion for the team was never in doubt. he would then get brought on late in games and be expected to turn it round single handedly. ben arfa would then be left to look like a dick trying allsorts to get a goal back but failing miserably - then getting blamed - and then continuing to not be named in a starting line up and never being brought on early enough in a game to try and affect it. it was a bit like pardew saying - "see i brought him but he did fuck all." Not to mention that our front foot fret meant he was generally picking the ball up 25 yards inside our own half and he still managed to make things happen.

John Barnes scored a cracking header for us, can't remember who it was against though. He hit a belter against West Ham(?) too, outside of the foot from the edge of the box.

Smell ya fatha.

Fuck Leeds, the cunts. One of the few places in the world that a nuclear weapon could improve.

Captain and talisman. Anyone trying to buy him can fuck the fuck off, he's worth far more to us than a transfer fee would bring in.

Ideally we'd get an upgrade on him but with Kenedy or someone of that ilk in front of him and a good attacking right back he's not such a detriment to the team

Supports Pardew and thinks rugby is better than football. How to make friends and influence people......

In a country where weed is legal I was in Amsterdam for three days around new years and didn't even see a policeman outside the airport. Whole place just seemed like you could do whatever you wanted. Impressive to get arrested there I got escorted off a flight at Schiphol and they wouldn't let me on the connecting flight to London until they felt I wouldn't be a risk. They were really very nice about it though.

In a country where weed is legal

The 1-9 was in 1908, they've got at least another hundred years out of this.

Man, I need to move in next door to some Indians

Just me that thinks that's weird?

Butcher of Benton

Aye, just checked, Sky reported two weeks on 31st Jan when we signed him then 23rd Feb it was a reported setback which was another two weeks. Two week injury has turned into two months ffs.

He was only meant to be out for a couple of weeks initially I think so maybe they thought he'd be fit enough to at least play some part (even if just as a sub) in their games but in typical NUFC style his injury seems to be dragging on and on.

Properly done gravy costs hundreds of billions. That's why they're so stingy with it.